TaskRabbit raises another $13 million to grow

Last week we wrote about the sad death of Kobe, the yellow Labrador who inspired the idea for San Francisco’s TaskRabbit. We called the San Francisco startup “fast growing,” and it looks like it’s about to start growing faster.

On Monday the company said it had raised $13 million in new financing, led by FoundersFund. FoundersFund partner Bruce Gibney is joining TaskRabbit’s board.

“TaskRabbit helps its users become more productive while simultaneously creating thousands of jobs — it’s a revolution for a labor market in desperate need of innovation,” Gibney said in a statement.

The company plans to use the new money to expand its engineering and product teams.

“I am beyond thrilled to have Bruce and the entire Founders Fund team involved,” Leah Busque, the company’s founder and CEO, said in a statement. “As soon as we met, I knew we had a very strong shared vision for this business — to revolutionize the world’s labor force — and I’m so grateful to partner with Founders to realize the company’s huge potential.”